May 2012
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April 2012
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Anonymous asked: you make shitty gifs
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The extraordinary life of German goalkeeper Lutz... →
He was locked up in a Singapore prison, he was declared dead on the pitch, he was signed by 25 clubs in 13 countries and he is still the only professional to have played in all six of Fifa’s confederations.
March 2012
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Scissors Confiscated by the TSA Welded into... →
Each year the Transportation Security Administration confiscates countless millions of personal objects from travelers prior to entering airport terminals including guns, knives, foodstuffs, aerosol cans, and yes, even small scissors. Sculptor Christopher Locke has capitalized on this endless supply of in-flight contraband by welding the scissors into pretty terrifying spiders that look like...
Better Than A Van Gogh: NASA Visualizes All The... →
NASA Scientific Visualization Studio assembled this remarkable animation of the surface currents of our oceans. It’s called Perpetual Ocean, and the full work is 20 minutes of HD video, assembled from a huge amount of satellite, on location and computational data generated by ECCOII (Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean, Phase II). ECCOII itself exists to better understand our...
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Double Vision: The Art of Trevor and Ryan Oakes →
The perspective-bending art of identical twins Trevor and Ryan Oakes.
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Timelapse videos depicting the stars from low earth orbit, as viewed from the International Space Station. Images edited using Adobe Lightroom with some cropping to make the stars the focal point of each shot, and with manipulation of the contrast to bring out the stars a bit more.
The video plays best if you let it load a bit first.
Morning on Mars
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expositionfairy:
6 Martian sunrises, as seen by the HiRISE orbiter. Once again, not artist’s renditions.
Morning on another world.
Absolutely wonderful.
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Callum Cooper: Sculpture for the Moving Image →
London/Melbourne-based artist and filmmaker Callum Cooper (I think he has the best artist home page in the history of time, some of you will get vertigo) creates bizarre sculptures with embedded cameras meant to capture video from pretty astounding angles. His Full Circle piece creates the illusion of a jumprope that shifts space and time on every jump.
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The Boy Who Played With Fusion →
Taylor Wilson is, at age 14, the youngest individual on Earth to achieve nuclear fusion.
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… imagine a puddle waking up one morning and thinking, ‘This is an interesting...
– Douglas Adams
February 2012
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January 2012
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Canada Is About To Pass Sopa’s Evil Little... →
livelaughawesome:
“I’m a Canadian.
We’re a quiet bunch; prone to enjoying hockey, drinking stronger beer than our friends south of the border, and lovers of fries smothered in cheese curds and gravy.
We also, apparently, have an inferiority complex when it comes to being evil dirt bags, because we’ve decided to pass our very own version of SOPA up here.
Only better*
Meet Bill-C11. Formerly...
December 2011
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The Incredible Lego Houses of Mike Doyle →
November 2011
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Elasty – Mobile Phone Cover by Yoori Koo →
This needs to exist.